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Population.
The following figures show the growth of population
over a very wide period of time:—
Year. Population.
1831 4,002
1901 27,354
1911 33,646
1921 35,052
1931 45,374
1936 57,850
The Registrar General gives the mid-year 1936 figure
of population for Bromley as 57,850. This figure
approximates very closely to the estimated figure of
57,260 compiled recently from the statistical records of this
Department.
Taking the figure of 15,965 inhabited houses as shown
on the rate books at the end of 1936, it is interesting to
note that on the present population of 57,850 the average
number of persons per house is 3.62 as compared with
3.61, which was the figure disclosed as a result of the
Housing Survey in January, 1936. The Housing Survey
also showed the population to be made up of 16,710
families and 844 of' these families took in lodgers, and of
these families 1,375 were living as sub-tenants.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Births.
The Birth Bate for 1936 is 13.5 per 1,000 population.
The number of births notified, in the Borough under
the Notification of Births Act, 1907, was 820, as follows,
viz.:—
Live Births 799
Stillbirths 21
820
The Registrar General allots to this area 780 live
births and 26 stillbirths. These figures are calculated on
the number of births registered during the year. Although
we are put in possession of certain information regarding